The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-08
ON 'CHAN6E.

AT Liverpool yesterday wheat was
firm aud corn quiet.
THE Chicago, ST. Louis and other
Boards OF Trade will be closed today
Good Friday.
THE manufacture OF beet root sugar
in Germany is increasing rapidly, aud
prices are advauciog.
THE Liverpool Cotton Exchange will
remain cloeed until Tuesday next on
account OF the Easter holidays
THE new Goal Oil Inspector saya be
will furnish better and pureT quality
OF coal oil OF the same price.
The Memphis knoa0.aas on the grain
msrket predict 90c for May VIII, A., a1d
advise a i inquirers to invest at present
prices.
AT London, American refrigerated
beef sold as follows yesterday: Fore
quarters, Is Cd; hind quarters, 3s I'd
per pounds, by the carcass.
AT New York yesterday petroleum
was dull and steady; opened ut
GA Lice, closed at Cat; sales, All COO
barrels. Mining .shares were dull but
strong.
ST. LOUIS cash corn up Ic. Cash
wheat up fc; May up &c; June wheat
unchanged. Cash oats advanced 1C {;
May up tc. Cash pork, lard and clear
ribs, dull and unchanged.
CoTToN receipts yesterday, $40 bales
shipments, FOG bales; sales, 1900 bales.
Stock on hand, 5000 bales. Total re-
ceipts to date, 646,210 bales; total
shipments to date, 604,67S bales.
On Tuesday next, April 1lth, a
meeting of the, Stock Exchange will be
held Immediately after the II O'Clock
call, to consider and vote upon
amendments to rules governing the
stock board.
AN optimist "bull" in the New York
Indicator says "oply the most chronic
pessimist bear will deny that the
country is moving toward prosperity,
for the evidences of the fact are many
and acCumulatiye.
THE following sales were made at the
Merchants Exchange stock board call
yesterday: 10 shares OF German Bank
at 1872, 10 shares of German Bank al
1924, 10 shares of G srmsn Bank at 1873,
and 10 shares Of Memphis National
Bank at 1l5.
AT Chicago cash, May and June
pork were unchanged; cash lard ad-
vanced &c; May and June lard up 2ic;
cash aud May clear ribs unch auged;
June up 23c; cash corn up &c; cash
and May wheat unchanged; June
wheat up &C.; cash and May oats ad.
vanced lc, at closing, June up &C..
New YORK -four receipts yesterday,
23,739 barrels; exports, 2612 barrels
and l6, ,453 sacks. Wheat receipts, 49,
450 bushels; exports, 204, 1858 bushels
sales, 100000 bushels o futures and
20S,000 bushels OF spots. Corn receipts,
30,250 bushels; exports, 32,280 bush.
els; sales, $4,000 bushels Of futures
and 1876, 600 bushels Of spots.
VIpIToRs on Change yesterday: ].
B. Perkins, Austin, Miss. s. j.
Thomas, Verona, Miss. w. i. Parks,
New Albany; J. O. Clark, Covinglen,
Tenn. W. o. Kinds, Guntown, Miss;
w. S. Johnson, Verona, Miss. 8.
Tuchfeld, Jackson, Tenn; O. r,
Sykes, Aberdeen. Miss. S. b. Csreon,
Ripley, Tenn. W. A. Pollock, Green
vile, Miss; D. D. Hodges, Arkans,s.
At New York yesterday the sharp
advance in the stock market shortly
after noon was caused by heavy pur-
chsses by Frank O. Hollins & 90.
Their orders were most conspicuous
in Lsks Shore and Oregon Transcontl-
mental, and they are also believed to
he the principal buyers Of st. Louis
and San Francisco preferred. The
advance was surprise to the street
as it was generally believed that the
pools which had the credit OF csusing
The advance last week had sold out
and gone short of the market.